Month: April 2016

Do you want to know the secret spots that only the locals know about? There are a few of those here, and a few that are a little more well known. Either way these spots should give you some good spots for photos. 1.Looking west from the Capitol Building – This is a great spot…

1.Harry Caray is the greatest baseball announcer of all time. 2.You spent your childhood weekend afternoons watching WGN and Chicago Cubs day games. 3.As a child you either had a Sandberg, Banks, Dawson, or Wood jersey. 4.Win, Lose, it doesn’t matter you will always be a Cubs fan. 5.Every stadium that doesn’t have ivy on…

Lunch is the meal that typically gets skipped or delayed- especially during the work week- the following places will make you want to take time out of your busy schedule to sit down for a good meal. South Union Bread Café– located downtown between Starbucks and Centro, this is the place that provides the awesome…

Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day. The following are the best spots to get great food to start your day off right. La Mie-located on 42nd street downtown, this is the closest you will ever get to having authentic French pastries without going to France- I went to France and the pastries I…

Build a Target downtown – I think that a Target downtown would be an excellent addition. Minneapolis has one, Madison has one, I think we should. This addition would draw people in and get them into the habit of shopping downtown, which has been the opposite of the trend in recent years. If you were…

You remember a time loooong ago, you know the time before cat videos. You remember when Drew Barrymore was a child, and after watching E.T. you begged your parents to buy you an orange vest like the one worn in the movie. You always pick Michael Jordan over Lebron James. You know what a rotary…

Depending on your price range and preference there are a lot of options for hotels in Des Moines. I will list a few from each price point, and hopefully you can find something you like. Des Lux Hotel – (downtown) Des Lux is a beautifully restored downtown hotel, it is the former location of the…

The Midwest has some great breweries, some of them are worth a little road trip to go visit. In fact, I think some of these could be the center piece of a summer road trip. All of these breweries are within 4 hours (or so) driving from Des Moines. 1.New Glarus Brewery, New Glarus…

I know this is going political here but I felt the need to comment since we’re all ultimately affected by what the minimum wage is one way or another. Raising the minimum wage would cut the need for millions of people to have to use government aid to get by for basic things like food…